{"id":87,"date":"2008-02-06T17:29:35","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T15:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/2008\/02\/06\/you-need-security-updates-for-iphoto-too\/"},"modified":"2008-02-06T17:29:35","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T15:29:35","slug":"you-need-security-updates-for-iphoto-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/you-need-security-updates-for-iphoto-too\/","title":{"rendered":"You Need Security Updates for iPhoto Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You probably wouldn’t think that iPhoto could have security holes, but today’s update from Apple<\/a> shows this is indeed the case. iPhoto, which you may think is just a tool for managing your digital pictures, uses the Internet when you create or subscribe to photocasts. It turns out that “A format string vulnerability exists in iPhoto. By enticing a user to subscribe to a maliciously-crafted photocast, a remote attacker may cause arbitrary code execution.”<\/p>\n

For that reason, you should run Software Update and patch your version of iPhoto (this only applies to iPhoto 7), even if you don’t use photocasts now; you may do so in the future, and you may be “enticed” to subscribe to a “maliciously-crafted photocast”. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You probably wouldn’t think that iPhoto could have security holes, but today’s update from Apple shows this is indeed the case. iPhoto, which you may think is just a tool for managing your digital pictures, uses the Internet when you create or subscribe to photocasts. It turns out that “A format string vulnerability exists in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-apple","category-security-privacy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t